How To Fix MH043 - The tax category &2 is not defined for the country &1

MH043 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: MH - Maintain Material Master Data (Retail)

• Message number: 043

• Message text: The tax category &2 is not defined for the country &1

What causes this issue?

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

System Response

How to fix this error?

If you want to use the tax category &V2& for the country &V1&, the tax
category must be defined accordingly in Customizing for <LS>Basic
Functions</> (Sales and Distribution) in
<DS:SIMG.SIMG_CFMENUOLSDFS1>Define Tax Determination Rules</>.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message MH043 - The tax category &2 is not defined for the country &1 ?

  The SAP error message MH043 indicates that there is an issue with the tax category configuration for a specific country in the system. This error typically arises when a transaction is being processed that requires a tax category that has not been defined for the specified country.
  
  Cause:
  
  Missing Tax Category Definition: The tax category specified in the transaction is not defined in the system for the country indicated in the error message.
  Incorrect Configuration: The tax category may have been incorrectly configured or not set up at all in the relevant tax configuration settings.
  Data Entry Error: There may be a mistake in the data entry where an incorrect tax category is being referenced.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the MH043 error, follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Tax Category Configuration:
  
  Go to the SAP transaction code OBYZ (or the relevant transaction for tax configuration).
  Verify that the tax category in question is defined for the specified country. If it is not,